Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-21
HORRORS OF THE WRECK {!
DRIVEN BLIND AND INSANE BY A
 SNOWSTORM AT SEA.

Hours of Suffering by scht jer's Crew.
 The Steward Swept Owe toa"i-The
 Captain Loses His Reason aid Dies-A
 Graphic Recital.
 NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Three feeble and suffering survivors out of crew of five hearty men who sailed the schooner D. and E. Kelley out of Norfolk harbor last Friday were brought into port yes terday by the Norwegian steamer Oden, Capt. Define, from Port de Paix. Two of tue survivors were colored men-John W. Coleman and Frank Taylor. Their legs were badly swollen, and they had not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of their trying experience to be on their feet The third survivor was the mate David B. Campbell, who, although his hands were badly frostbitten, was about last evening when the Oden hauled into the Erie basin in South Brooklyn. MT. Campbell, after mak- ing arrangements for the removal of Cole man and Taylor to the Marina hospital, told the tragic story of the loss of the schooner.
 The D. and E. Kelley had cargo of lum- Der on board for New Haven. Capt. w. C. Taylor, an experienced skipper from Provi- dence, was in command. On Saturday af- ternoon, when the vessel was twelve miles east of Phoenix Island, heavy squall came up, and Capt. Taylor headed for the Della ware Breakwater. Soon afterward the wind shifted ahead, and in order to avoid going ashore it was necessary to put about and head out to sea. At o'clock in the evening, turing terrific snow squall, the deck load shifted and the schooner was thrown on her starboard beam ends. The crew sprang into the port main chains where they clung for life, while the vessel drifted through the f01u o,.I fba ,xho cbo struck at II o'clock. A sea then washel over the port side, where the crew clung. The steward, young colored man who had shipped at Norfolk, relaxed his hold and was swept away. For an instant he was seen struggling, then furry Of snow swept over him, and when the wild whirl had passed away he had disappeared.
 Soon afterwaed the deckload went ovel- board. carrying with it the mainmast After being relic we'd of this load the schooner slowly righted, and at midnight the four survivors crawled on to the quarter deck. The cabin had been swept away and the for ward part of the vessel was completely under water. At o'clock in the morning the wind changed to westward and the wreck f1oated eff and drifted out to sea.
 Soon after midnight Capt. Taylor started up and cried out that he could not see. His sufferings had resulted in blindness. Then his mind began to wander, "I cannot seer' he cried. II am thirsty and hungry! Have some one take me to hotel!" Then he reached out his hands and groped for some one to lead him. The mate finally in duced him to sit down on the deck He made few incoherent remarks and then sank back, and his sense of suffering gave way to the peaceful calm of death. A mo- ment later the body of the poor old captain was washed overheard. At 3 o'clock the next afternoon the survivors were picked up by the Oden, on board of which they were treated with every kindness.
 Capt. Taylor was widower. He has sev- eral children in Providence, R. l. He owned the D. and B. Kelley, which measured POP tons and was built in 1861 at Bulls Ferry. N J.